Spanish language ads attack, support Rick Scott

This week saw more dueling Spanish language ads in the U.S. Senate race.

A group supporting U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson released a Spanish language ad Tuesday attacking Gov. Rick Scott on his education record.

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Meanwhile, the Scott campaign released an ad with Hispanic Democrats backing his campaign, including an stylist and a talk radio host from Orlando.

The Democratic Senate Majority PAC’s ad, “Dime Con Quién,” criticizes Scott for school spending across Florida being down $1.35 billion for the 2011-12 school year, Scott’s first full fiscal year as governor.

“There is a saying,” the ad says in Spanish. “’Dime con quién andas Y Te Dire Quién Eres’ – ‘Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are.’”

“Well, who was Rick Scott with when he cut more than $1.3 billion from our public schools,” the ad says. “Not with our students who now sit in classrooms without A/C and filled with mold. Not our teachers who pay for supplies themselves. If he wasn’t with us, then who was he with?”

The SMP has spent more than $6 million backing Nelson in the race so far.

The Scott ad, “Demócrata,” highlights Democratic Hispanics, many of whom the campaign said previously supported Nelson, who have instead chosen to support Governor Scott’s campaign for U.S. Senate.

“I have seen throughout the years, his work as Governor has been diligent.,” Disdier says. “He is impartial when it comes to helping whoever he needs to help regardless of race or color and I like that a lot about a politician.

Orlando talk radio host William Diaz, a Venezuelan-American, says, “After eight years, not only have we found that Florida has a brilliant governor, we have a governor who understands the need of the melting pot.”